Category: Data Management

May 23, 2023

The people who maintain traditional data center systems have always objected to having IT assets managed by systems outside their firewalls. Years ago, when I predicted that this would happen, people would often laugh and not believe me. The signs […]

May 23, 2023

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella described the arrival of large language AI models like GPT-4 as “a Mosaic moment,” comparable to the arrival of the first graphical web browser. Unlike that original Mosaic moment, when Microsoft was late to the browser […]

May 23, 2023

Microsoft is now working on bringing a somewhat similar feature to Windows 11. Announced during the Microsoft Build keynote on Tuesday, “Restore Apps” aims to transfer the setup from one PC to another. The software automatically handles the migration of […]

May 22, 2023

Computer vision is an increasingly important industrial technology, not only for managing product lines or stock control, but also for safety. It’s a powerful technology, able to quickly classify objects and identify anomalies. But there’s a problem that comes with […]

May 22, 2023

Today’s world is extensively data-driven, with no industry or organization being an exception to the norm of generating data. The banking and financial services sector is no different, especially as it generates vast amounts of data that holds immense potential […]

May 19, 2023

Edge cloud computing has emerged as a game-changer in the world of technology, offering a decentralized approach to data processing and storage. By bringing computing resources closer to the network’s edge, edge cloud computing enables faster response times, reduced latency, […]

May 17, 2023

AI technology has become crucial for modern businesses trying to maintain a competitive edge in the 21st Century. Around 35% of businesses are already using AI and another 42% plan to use it in the future. The rapid proliferation of […]

May 16, 2023

Cockroach Labs, a company founded by ex-Googlers, on Tuesday said its open source, fault-tolerant distributed SQL database-as-a-service CockroachDB Dedicated would support Microsoft Azure and multiregion deployments. With the addition of support for Microsoft Azure, CockroachDB Dedicated will now support all […]

May 15, 2023

Let’s start with some gospel: In IT, there is no gospel. No definite “thou shalts” that always apply, 100% of the time. Thus spake Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO: “Building evolvable software systems is a strategy, not a religion. And revisiting […]

May 9, 2023

Amid all the hype and hysteria about ChatGPT, Bard, and other generative large language models (LLMs), it’s worth taking a step back to look at the gamut of AI algorithms and their uses. After all, many “traditional” machine learning algorithms […]

May 8, 2023

Microsoft’s decision to make Kubernetes a foundational service in Azure is paying off, not only for Microsoft but also for the rest of the Kubernetes ecosystem. That’s because the company is investing its engineers and money in more than its […]

May 4, 2023

UMass Global has a very insightful article on the growing relevance of big data in business. Big data has been discussed by business leaders since the 1990s. The term was first published in 1999 and gained a solid definition in […]

May 3, 2023

Oracle is set to cut storage pricing and add major updates to its cloud data warehouse service, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, in an effort to take on competing services from rivals including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google and Snowflake.The […]

May 3, 2023

dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL is an advanced integrated development environment (IDE) tailored for PostgreSQL data analysis experts and administrators. It provides an extensive array of features that assist data analysts and developers in enhancing their productivity. Some of the key […]

May 1, 2023

The big three cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft, Google) all reported earnings last week, and the word on every cloud executive’s lips was optimization. To wit, “Customers continue to evaluate ways to optimize their cloud spending in response to these tough […]

April 27, 2023

Data is what propels businesses to drive massive revenues. It could improve customer experiences, marketing initiatives, and even money generation. Companies profit from data collection, analysis, and insight. Every day, tons of data is stored on their consumer base. The […]

April 24, 2023

Climate change poses an existential threat to who we are and how we function as a society. Rising global temperatures, fueled by excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, will result in strained infrastructure, species loss, and sea level rise.The consequences […]

April 20, 2023

Understaffed, with their budgets cut, and overworked — why does that describe the state of security operation centers today when businesses need effective protection more than ever? Cyber professionals are facing more hacking threats than ever before, there’s a shortage […]

April 20, 2023

Machine learning (ML) operations rely on effective data processing and storage in the rapidly developing fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data. With its many advantages in performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) has quickly become a favorite […]

April 14, 2023

IBM has acquired Ahana, a software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based provider of PrestoDB, for an undisclosed sum. PrestoDB, or Presto, is an open source, distributed SQL query engine created at Facebook (now Meta) that is tailored for ad hoc analytics against data of […]